Glittering Coin

Money makes the world go round

Glittering, glitzy piles of gold

And people trade their souls for such

Morality, loyalty, families are sold

For some, true happiness comes from riches

Their lives are lived for pride and show

While other lives spent digging ditches

In high society, considered low

A life of luxury, leisure and such

Is spent considering only one

Life lived for others, service given

Will help to benefit everyone

I’ve had money and I’ve not

How being humble awakens the soul

Constant struggle, to be giving

Keeps one’s mind and spirit full

Oh, how can we be satisfied

To live a life of selfish pleasures

When all around us, suffering

Is manifested by our brothers

It’s painful to the ones who lose

Their hard work stolen by another

To remain true and keep the faith

Is not to aspire above another

When we are wronged and slandered too

We long to seek revenge for woes

But quiet tongues and steady lives

These are riches too, you know

To some, the coin is all they see

To others, hard work, truth and light

Examine what we choose to treasure

Each has his sense of wrong and right

And in the end, we all will know

Which way we were supposed to go

Do you want to represent

What’s above or what’s below

-Liz

5/4/11